Just two days after voters passed I-594 expanding gun background checks in Washington state, the Clallam County Sheriff's Office says it's been overrun by people calling with questions and concerns.

Officials are pleading with people to stop.

"I had probably a dozen calls alone this morning," says Kaylene Zellar with the Clallam County Sheriff's Office.

Zellar says many of the people calling don't seem to realize the law wouldn't take effect until next year after the legislature reviews the measure and makes it official.

"It's citizens who don't want to break the law and they're trying to figure out how they can manage their firearms in their home without being in violation," she says.

The calls are getting in the way of the department handling emergencies, Zellar says.

"We don't have any information that would be helpful to them because we don't know exactly what the state law is going to entail," she says. "So we're asking people to stop calling."

we need to keep calling even "king" and bug the bubblegum out of satterburg this is only the beginning
King County Prosecuting Attorney's Office
King County Courthouse, Room W554
516 Third Avenue
Seattle, WA 98104-2362
(206) 296-9000

Alan Gottlieb was the sponsor of the I- 591. He has said he will explore a legal challenge to I-594. Barring that lawsuit, the expanded background checks take effect when the election is certified next month.

I actually contacted the Clallam County Sheriff's office about it and here is part of their response to me.

It appears our information in exactly when I 594 takes effect was incorrect. We attempted to check our resources but the information was not at hand and our efforts to throttle down the inquiries to our civil section backfired with an erroneous press release.

It appears that the likely future for I 594 is that the Secretary of State will sign the Initiative into law on or about 12-4-14, (30 days after the election).

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